[vschitturi]

hi,

In Windows we can give the administrator privileges to the user which we create locally like that can we give the root privileges to the user which we create in linux locally. Could anyone please help me.

Awaiting for the reply.

Thank you for your valuable time.

[lotuseclat79]

Hi vschitturi,

One thing you must be careful about is making sure that the person to whom you are giving root priviledges is an experienced user in whom you can trust.

That said, one way you can bestow root privileges is to create a new group - one that is commonly used is wheel, and make the user you have in mind a member of that group. Another group to consider vs wheel is admin.

Essentially, the wheel/admin group would have a GID of 0, so that members of it would be allowed to issue the su command while other users may not.

Read up on the man page for su.

-- Tom

[vschitturi]

hi lotus,

Thank you for giving me the solution i understood that i have to create wheel and admin group u said something like GID i dont have idea regarding that could u please explain me in detail so that i can complete my task by today.

Awaiting for your reply.

Thank you for your valuable time.

[lotuseclat79]

Hi vschitturi,

You may not have to create either group as at least one of them may already exist. Just add the name of the user account (for the user) that you will give access to become a super user (root account user) to the /etc/group file.

You must add the user to the group from a root account. Look at the man page for the useradd command to find out how to add the name of the user account to the group - i.e. the group must already exist. Read the other man pages referenced at the bottom of the man page.

-- Tom


-- Tom

[vschitturi]

hi lotus,

If you dont mind can you give me the location of the man page where can i get it so that i can get my work done.

Awaiting for your reply.

Thank You for your valauble time.

[Squashman]

What's wrong with just using SUDO

[lotuseclat79]

Hi vschitturi,

The man command is a separate command, so when I said in my previous post "Look at the man page for the useradd command..." - it meant to issue the following command:
$ man useradd

-- Tom

[vschitturi]

hi Lotus and Squashman,

Thank You very much for your support.